A few minutes ago, I finished my final solo edit of my next Darren Dash book for adults readers. I've sent it on to my editor, who will come back to me with her thoughts in a couple of weeks' time or thereabouts, at which point I'll go through it one final time, then that will be that, and I'll start getting it ready for publication, which will hopefully be some time in October.

As I've said before, it's a sci-fi, time-travelling tale, and most of the story takes place in the 29th century. It's quite different to most of my other work (An Other Place would be its nearest stable mate), and features virtually no actual action whatsoever -- quite a change for an author widely known for his fast-moving, action-packed plots!! I was aiming for a 1950s type of style, but fed through my own unique filters. I like the final result -- while it's not one of my favourites from my ouevre, the sheer oddity of it makes me smile wryly, and I'm hoping it will find favour among the Shansters -- rather, the Dashsters!!!

Anyway, let's see what Zoe (my editor) comes back with. But for the time being, it's main job done, and a chance to take a bit of a break -- hurrah!!